Saddle-press.



H. L. WENDORF.

SADDLE PRESS.

APPLICATION mm IULY 23.1914.

Patented May 25, 1915.

nu Mme/v15 PETERS Ca. PHUTOVLITHQ, WASHINGTON, Dv

HENRY L. WENDORF, 0F BALLINGER, TEXAS.

' SADDLE-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May-25, 1915.

Application filed July 23, 1914. Serial No. 852,711.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that I, HENRY L. WENDoRr, citizen of the United States, residing at Ballinger, in the county of Runnels and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saddle-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its object to provide a press which may be employed in the manufacture of saddles and which will by its use enable the saddle maker to more quickly perform the step of pasting the covering for the cantle of the saddle.

At present it is customary to press the covering in position against the cantle, and after applying the paste to lay across the saddle a bag filled with sand or shot or the like, so as to cause the covering to snugly fit the surface of the cantle and to prevent wrinkling of the cover. By this method of procedure, however, it is necessary to allow the bag to remain in position for a considerable length of time.

The present invention therefore aims to provide a press device which may be readily and quickly assembled with a saddle tree of any ordinary type and which may be manipulated to cause its presser head to bear firmly against and fit snugly to the covering for the cantle.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a saddle press for use in the manner above explained, the presser head of which will be so constructed as to permit of its being stuffed so as to conform exactly to the contour of the cantle so that a single head will be adapted to conform to cantles of various designs and shapes.

It is a further aim of the invention to provide a press of the class described, so constructed that after it has been placed in position and adjusted to bear between the pommel and cantle, the cover for the. cantle may be basted while the covering is being set, the saddle, as a whole, being freely movable to any convenient position for basting, inasmuch as the press is carried directly by the saddle and is free from other connection.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the saddle press embodying the present invention, in position for use, the saddle to which the press is applied being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is Y a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the press. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the press. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary,

perspective view of a portion of the presser Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The press embodying the present invention includes a presser head designed to engage against the covering for the cantle, a foot which is designed to engage against the pommel, and means connecting these parts and adjustable to force them apart whereby to cause the presser head to bear firmly against the said covering. The presser head includes a metallic plate 1 which is approximately crescent shape, and which is curved transversely and vertically to a greater or less degree and along lines to substantially conform to the contour of the cantle of the ordinary saddle tree. The plate 1 is permanently disposed within a pocket, the sides or walls of which consist of sheets 2 and 3 of leather or other suitable material of substantially the same outline as the plate 1 but of greater width and height than the said plate, and these sheets are united by a line of stitching 4 extending be-.

low the lower edge of the plate 1 and by other lines of stitching 5 passed through their lateral edge portions, these last-mentioned lines of stitching terminating at the upperedges of the sheets whereby to form a mouth 6 which may be spread open, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, to permit of stuffing of any suitable material 7 into the pocket, whereby to adapt the face of the presser head to conform to the contour of the cantle of the saddle tree. The plate 1 is of course retained in place by the lines of stitching 4: and 5, the line of stitching 4 closing the bottom of the pocket and the lines of stitching 5 serving to prevent upward displacement of the said plate or disengagement of the pocket therefrom. The forward face of the plate 1 is provided with pairs of spaced apertured ears or a pair of bails 8, either as may be found desirable,

which ears or bails project through openings 9 in the sheet 2 comprising the forward wall of the pocket.

The numeral 10 indicates a threaded stem which constitutes one element of a turn buckle connection between the presser head and the foot of the press, and this stem is provided at its rear end with oppositely laterally curved arms 11 which have their end portions extended rearwardly and provided each with a hook 12 engageable with one of the bails 8 or with the pins extending through the apertured ears, in the event that such ears are provided in preference to the bails. In this manner the stem 10 is pivotally connected with the presser head, as will be readily understood and in the construction illustrated in the drawings, the head is'detachable from the stem so that heads of various sizes or shapes may be substituted one for another.

The turn buckle is indicated by the numeral 13 and may be of the ordinary or any preferred construction, it being provided at its ends with the usual heads 14:

' oppositely threaded, and as shown in Figs.

2 and 8 of the drawings, the stem 10 is fitted into one of these heads. The foot of the press is carried at the forward end of a threaded stem 15 which is fitted into the other end of the turn buckle 13 and this foot comprises a heel 16 which projects in a general forward direction and substantially parallel to the axis of the stem 15 and a toe 17 which projects upwardly and forwardly from the inner end of the heel 16. It is preferable, although not absolutely essential, that a covering 18 be provided for the foot of the press so as not to injure the saddle tree and the covering therefor.

In the use of the device, the covering is applied to the saddle tree and after applying paste to that portion of the covering wh1ch is to cover the cantle, the heel 16 of the foot of the press is engaged in the clutch below the pomnlel, as indicated at 19, with the toe 17 of the foot bearing against the rear side of the base of the pommel, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the presser head is then disposed to engage snugly against the covering which extends over the face of the cantle.

The turn buckle 13 is then turned so as to force the stems 10 and 15 apart and in this manner the presser head is caused to bear firmly and snugly against the covering for the cantle and to hold the same in smooth- (Topics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner'of Patents."

presser head designed to bear against the cantle of ,a saddle, a foot to engage with the forward side of the saddle, and means connecting the head and foot adjustable to force the same apart. V

2. In a device of the class described, a presser head designed to bear against the cantle of a saddle, a foot to engage with the forward side of the saddle, and means connecting the head and foot adjustable to force the same apart, the head being angularly adj ustable with respect to the said means.

3. In a device of the class described, a presser head designed to engage against the cantle of a saddle, a threaded stem pivotally connected to the head, a footto cooperate with the front of the saddle and provided with a threaded stem, and a turn buckle adjustably fitting the said stems. I

4. In a device of the class described, a foot to cooperate with the front of a saddle, a presser head designed to bear against the cantle of the saddle, and adjusting means extending between the foot and head and including a member to which the head is pivotally connected.

5. In a device of the class described, a foot having relatively angularly disposed heel and toe portions, a presser head to engage against the cantle of a saddle, and means extending between the foot and head and adjustable to force the same apart.

6. In a device of the class described, a presser head shaped to bear against the cantle of a saddle and comprising a pocket having an open mouth and a flexible wall, filling material in said pocket, and means for bearing against the said head.

7. In a device of the class described, a

presser head including a rigid backplate and flexible facing sheets inclosingthe said plate and unattached along a portion of their edges whereby to provide an open sided pocket, filling material in said pocket, and

means for bearing against the head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. VVENDORF.

Witnesses: AUG. H. SOHREIR, ROLLA KINARD.

Washington, D. 0. 

